JetBlue Airways Airport Terminal

Location
New York, NY

Structural Engineer
Ammann & Whitney

Architect
Gensler

Steel Joist Manufacturer
Canam and NJB

Steel Fabricator
Vulcraft

This project provided a complete unit airline terminal with 28 gates and 465,000 total square feet of area.

Joist framing for the roof structures allowed the designers to design a maximum performance framing system with absolute minimum weight and cost. Open web joists and joist girders were used throughout with moment connections allowing these elements to be used in some locations as a part of the lateral load resisting system. Large (up to 80,000 pound) air handling units are supported on roof structures using paired open web joists. In the main ticketing hall the repetitive use of a single profile open web joist allowed the architect to express the structural system as an architectural element.

Airport Hangar

Transportation

The hangar alone was 165,000 square feet, and was separated into two halves by a central core. This addition to Gulfstream’s existing facility will help advance the company and better service its large fleet of existing aircraft.

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Gerald Ford Int’l. Airport Parking Deck Roof

Transportation

Since the original construction in 2011, this airport has never used the top parking deck during the winter. With the growth of air travel, the airport wanted to cover the top level without entirely closing the sides. For long-term protection, along with the structural steel, the final design required all the steel joists & bridging to be galvanized.

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Airport Ballroom Expansion

Transportation

This project included the addition of a ballroom and improved food service preparation areas to be completed for the 2014 Super Bowl. 60DLH joists up to 70 ft long created the roof for the structure and also supported a complex system of loads below.

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